So... I picked up a Bailey No6
at the local markets on Sunday for $50.00. Seems to me, as no expert, a remarkably unmolested example. Should go nicely with my No7...
Very light surface rust on the three faces, rear tote chipped at the top, with the adjuster a little bent. Seems like it got dropped on it's head.
At some point someone has neatly stamped a name onto the rear tote, mostly worn off now.
My 10mm glass sheet and wet and dry and WD40 shows the base(?) to be remarkably flat. A small depression right at the back and a very tiny hollow directly under the front tote..
It does appear to be a quite early example so far as I can tell, could some good contributor point me to where I can source some dating info...it does carry three Pat'd dates, under the blade holder (Frog?)